tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5676423713279237243.post6685433133851707015..comments2023-09-12T08:43:11.657-04:00Comments on Principalities And Powers: The Withering Away of RussiaDavid C. Inneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12747926171305438726noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5676423713279237243.post-2088160985202275702009-01-23T11:36:00.000-05:002009-01-23T11:36:00.000-05:00Dr. Innes,Where can I find this article you refere...Dr. Innes,<BR/><BR/>Where can I find this article you referenced above? A link to the webpage would be helpful for me.<BR/>Perhaps I could cite this article in my paper if it is relevant.<BR/><BR/>-JeremyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5676423713279237243.post-46244531639452069042009-01-23T07:40:00.000-05:002009-01-23T07:40:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comment Jeremy. Yes, Old Russia has...Thanks for the comment Jeremy. Yes, Old Russia has reassumed Czarist control of its serfs. Its international you might say revolutionary activity is limited to reacquiring imperial control of "the near abroad," viz. Georgia, the Ukraine, i.e. what they see as their rightful inheritance. They see them as runaway slaves. <BR/><BR/>On the eastern question, consider this passage from the Economist article:<BR/><BR/>"What makes a shrinking population dangerous for a country that has always defined itself by its external borders is the loss of energy it entails, Mr Vishnevsky argues. The Soviet Union did not just try to exploit the resources of its vast and inhospitable land, it tried to populate it. Now large swathes of land in Siberia and the far east are emptying out as people move to central Russia. The population density in the country’s far east is 1.1 people per square kilometre. On the other side of the border with China it is nearly 140 times that figure. "David C. Inneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747926171305438726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5676423713279237243.post-18887623762613294042009-01-22T22:53:00.000-05:002009-01-22T22:53:00.000-05:00Dr Innes and Kildow,One impression I have of Russi...Dr Innes and Kildow,<BR/><BR/>One impression I have of Russia is that the country is relatively quiet for its size. By quiet, I mean no active revolutionizing thinkers or reformers in sight. <BR/><BR/>This week's murder of a Russian lawyer activist Markelov perhaps hints at why such reforms are hard in Russia. Perhaps it also explains why people do not see the bright future in their own country's politics, morality, and economy, thus falling back to drunken unproductive lifestyle.<BR/><BR/>As a student of the Six Party Talk,<BR/>how much effort Russia would put in the future of its extreme eastern part appears less clear and hopeful than ever before. (that is if Russia ever cared so much about its eastern front) Perhaps Russia should mind its own business first.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the helpful info and insight,<BR/>-JeremyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com